Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-11-16
A LETTER FROM NINA.
CRlTIClSlNG THE PROCEEDINGS IN
THE ANARCHIST TRIAL.

The Supreme Court Charged with Misrep-
resenting the Record-A Little Local
Gossip Added in a Very woman-Like
PostcrIpt-A Bomb at Dubuque-Grott-
kau Suddenly Subsidies.
NEW YORK. Nov. ga letter written by
Miss Nina Van Zandt on Sept II is pub
lished here, of which the following are ex-
tracts
any DEAR Mr. LAZARUS: Since the receipt
of yours of the 18th inst new crisis has
been reached. The blow has fallen. Seven
honorable judges have unanimously con-
demned to death seven innocent human
lives have widowed seven women, and Or
phaned no less than nineteen little children.
Not alone this, they have invented new
case of their own. I'll simply cite one out of
many examples
"a stenographic report of A. R Parsons
speech at the Haymarket was introduced in
the Gary comedy as evidence in favor of
Parsons. This is what he said, in substance;
No, do not try to hang Mccormick or any
other capitalist A hundred would only
spring up in his place. Aim at the system,
not the individual This was in answer to
a suggestion from the crowd that McCor.
mick's life should pay for the six workmen
whom he had ordered shot down in cold blood
| the day before You see it proves that poor
| Parsons hadn't an idea of stirring up the
crowd to any overt act And so Gary and
| Grinnell admitted But loi the judges OF
| the supreme court have gotten ahead of Gary
and GrinnelL They say: "A. r. Parsons
said at the Haymarket: Do not murder
| Mccormick or any other one man, but muir.
der en- masse.' See, Mr.. Lazarusi We're the
matter not so terribly, terribly solemn,
should laugh every time think of that opin-
ion of those judges.
| "All your suggestions have not glanced
off, Several have been acted upon. For in
stance, my mother wrote to the Rev. Dwight
L. Moody, telling him the truth-or, rather
fraction OF it-coneernng this prospective
assassination. She has had, of course, n,
answer Yet
"YoufEfn l should start out on a lectur
ing tour and I am, of course, perfectly will
ing. But all of the friends here say that
must keep quiet; must not give the press
chance to print lies-to put infiammatory
language into my mouth. This it would do
no difference what l said. For the sake OF
| the man VINO Is OF ali living creatures tn
dearest and best to me | am holding M
tongue
Thanking you for all your kind efforts il
our behalf, | am, ever yours sincerely
NINA SPIES"
"P. Spy the way, l must tell you Of
remarkable incident The millionaire cloth
ing dealer, Henry W. King (his magnificen
mansion occupies diagonal corner from on
home), had two employees on the celebrate
gentlemen jury one, or both, of whom wer
known to have openly thirsted for the bloc
of August ct al, before being impannelled
King knows this, but will not permit othe
employees to testify to it. Furthermore. h
has openly advocated the execution. Now
he has daughter, Bessie, who is engaged I
be married to young Charles Bentley son G
the rich Bentley banker or board of trad
| man. of the south division of Chicago. Vel
the marriage has been mysteriously postponed
and now it leaks out that Bentley has bitterl
upbraided old King with aiding and abetiin
legal murder, and consequently King won
let his daughter marry him. The young lad
VOWS that she'll marry the young maj
whether her father cuts her off without
shilling or not Doesn't this show how Ger
tain influential men of this town hav
scheniedl Here is fashionable, wealthy
J conventional young man who can not bea
the idea of silently countenancing such a
atrocity, and voluntarily abandons oil
| Kings mllious-unprecade steDlo